You can now use Office for free on the new iPad Pro

Last year, Microsoft decided to offer the entire Office package for free on devices with screens measuring 10.1-inches or less. The company saw devices with smaller screens as personal devices while those with bigger screens as business-end devices. And in Microsoft’s way of thinking, it’s important for business users to have reliability, security, and additional features versus regular users who just need a free service. Therefore, the Office 365 subscription is required on devices with screens bigger than 10.1-inches.

Recently, Apple unveiled its new iPad Pro — or what they call the ultimate PC replacement — a 9.7-inch tablet the company dubbed as its business device, a move that brought a certain amount of confusion when it came to the availability of the free version of Office on the device.

Users of iPad Pro will be able to use Office apps for free

To clear things up, folks from MSPowerUser asked Microsoft if the free version of Office would be available on the new iPad Pro. Fortunately for users planning to buy Apple’s new device, they received a positive answer.

So, users of the new iPad Pro will have all benefits of using the free Office package on this device. Of course, that includes basic functionality like viewing, creating, editing, and printing documents. For more advanced options, users will need the Office 365 subscription.